Your healthy scratches are Mark Fistric and Brian Sutherby. Adam Burish is out with a lower body injury.

Kari Lehtonen vs. Jonathan Quick

Dustin Brown appears to take a dive in the first two minutes, and you find out why quickly after. Brown drew a tripping penalty from Loui Eriksson with what appeared to be embellishment, and the Kings made it pay off when Drew Doughty shot a puck that appeared to be deflected by Michal Handzus at the 3:04 mark.

They gave the goal to Doughty in the building,

Either way, the Kings are up 1-0 early in the game.

Los Angeles is the better team right now, as the Stars just seem off of their game.

In the second period, the Stars have had a couple of nice scoring chances and had an 11-3 edge in shots on goal in the period. Brad Richards has been playing his best hockey since he has been back. But then Stephane Robidas stepped up on a hit, and the Kings took advantage. Anze Kopitar found Dustin Penner all alone for a tap-in and a 2-0 lead.

It’s not looking good right now.

The arena was falling asleep and the Kings were starting to get momentum when Loui Eriksson threw a homerun pass and found Brad Richards at the far blue line. Richards spun to accept the pass, then skated in alone and put a shot off of the glove of Jonathan Quick to make the score 2-1 with two minutes left in the period.